668 Quotes About African

While the Republican privatization proposition hurts everyone, African Americans and people with disabilities are at greater risk.

We want to celebrate the wondrous legacy of jazz and African American culture that previously existed along the U Street corridor. That's slowly coming back into its own,

I'm not surprised that they would attempt to create a false veneer of legitimacy by promoting their cause through the mouths of Jews and Israelis. It doesn't matter who is speaking; what matters is the content of the message, and that message of an analogy between South African apartheid and Zionism is false and extreme.

I grew up in the African bush in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, which is my thing. I love the smell of the dust as you bump along in a Land-Rover. I go back there often.

The first thing that comes to mind is that these are African Americans and how will they be treated. Will there be graciousness?

It's not one of our political fault lines. The major issue in this society is race. That's why people join political parties. The party of social conservatism is African Christian Democratic Party, which wins one percent of the vote. And that's the group of people who feel that this justifies amending the constitution.

When you do a film, you know you're shooting for 6 or 9 weeks, you've got your cast and crew. Overall, no one can just pull the plug and say, 'This isn't working.' There's just no security on television, especially for African Americans. It's a tough market.

I wish, to be honest with you, for African American films that we could get a few more theaters. They only open them in 1500 to 2000 for an opening weekend, and how do you expect us to compete. How can we go to certain box office levels if they don't give us more theaters?

Something like 72 percent of the nation's growth in the black population is taking place in the South. I think it has something to do with a cultural comfort zone. I think there is this long-term connection that African Americans feel with that region that they don't quite have with the other parts of the country.